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In 2000 at a post office in California, a woman would do her job like she always did. She was known to lick envelopes and stamps instead of using a sponge. A cut here and there was normal for her. One morning she found that her tongue was swelling up, and worried she would go to the doctor.
The doctor would find nothing wrong other than a cut. However, in a couple days, her tongue would swell significantly and was sore. She could not eat because of the pain. So she would go back to the hospital and an x-ray would be taken of the tongue. There was a lump inside and surgery was prepared to remove it.
When her tongue opened a cockroach would crawl out. On at least one of the envelopes was a roach egg and she cut her tongue on it introducing the eggs into her tongue. Apparently, the moist environment was perfect for the eggs.
This is one of those urban legends that made an everyday thing into a terrifying one. It's not possible however for the eggs to thrive inside a mouth. The casings for cockroach eggs would likely be noticed on the glue, but if not the casings themselves are sensitive and would have shattered.
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